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'Black Mirror' predictions that disturbingly came true

Black Mirror is heading to Netflix. The sci-fi miniseries, originally broadcast on Channel 4, will be releasing 12 new episodeson the streaming service. Production and release dates are yet to be announced, but writer and producer Charlie Brooker will be staying on as show runner.

To celebrate, WIRED takes a look at some classic Black Mirror moments to see just how prescient they were.

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Be Right Back

When Martha's boyfriend dies unexpectedly, she signs up to a service that provides grief-stricken people with exact copies of the recently departed. Using a comprehensive record of their social media postings, the service replicates the voice of the dead online. Creepy stuff.

Since the episode was aired, several services offering beyond-the-grave social platforms have emerged -- the most recent being Eter9, which promises to map a 'virtual self' that will continue sharing content post-mortem. Recent developments in tech have also presented the problematic moral dilemma of human-robot relations.

Fifteen Million Merits

Set in a dystopian future where everyone has to cycle to power their surroundings, Fifteen Million Merits followed Bing as he tried to pedal his way out of his virtual prison. Think this could never, ever happen? Think again.

A few months after the episode was aired, stories emerged of a Brazilian prison where this exact thing happened - only instead of tokens, inmates were cycling towards an early release date.

The Entire History of You

Liam lives in a world where he can replay everything he does, sees and hears -- and his ability to record everything leads to suspicion about his wife's fidelity.

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Comparisons to Google Glass are often levelled at this episode. While Google Glass isn't quite the dystopian spying tool of our nightmares, new developments in wearable tech are giving us new ways to track and record our lives.